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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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are said to have inclined towards mysti shows, oal<br />

(Kabbalistio ?} pursuiti.<br />

alike in regard to <strong>the</strong> relation <strong>of</strong> parents <strong>and</strong><br />

children, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> CHAP. character <strong>and</strong> moral<br />

object <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir upbringing. Education begins U in<br />

<strong>the</strong> hovne, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>re were not homes like those in<br />

Israel; it is * imparted by influence <strong>and</strong> example,<br />

before it comes by teaching; it is acquired by what<br />

is seen <strong>and</strong> heard, before it is laboriously learned<br />

from books; its real object becomes instinctively<br />

felt, before its goal is consciously sought. What<br />

Jewish fa<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>and</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>rs were; what <strong>the</strong>y felt<br />

towards <strong>the</strong>ir children; <strong>and</strong> with what reverence,<br />

affection, <strong>and</strong> care <strong>the</strong> latter returned what <strong>the</strong>y had<br />

received, is known to every reader <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old<br />

Testament. <strong>The</strong> relationship <strong>of</strong> fa<strong>the</strong>r has its<br />

highest sanction <strong>and</strong> embodiment in that <strong>of</strong> Grod<br />

towards Israel; <strong>the</strong> tenderness <strong>and</strong> care <strong>of</strong> a mo<strong>the</strong>r<br />

in that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> watchfulness <strong>and</strong> pity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord<br />

over His people. <strong>The</strong> semi-Divine relationship<br />

between children <strong>and</strong> parents appears in <strong>the</strong><br />

location, <strong>the</strong> far more than outward duties which it

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